Edward J. Rutyna

Practice areas

Personal Injury – General: Plaintiff, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Workers’ Compensation: Claimant

Focus areas

Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury – Plaintiff, Retaliation, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination

Edward J. Rutyna, an attorney based in Fountain Valley, California, is now associated with Solution Law as a distinguished member of a group of highly experienced litigation attorneys. With over three decades of legal expertise, Mr. Rutyna specializes primarily in personal injury and workers’ compensation law.

Having an extensive track record, he has handled over 200 workers’ compensation cases and litigated civil cases in Superior Court. Additionally, he has authored and presented more than 20 appellate briefs before the California courts of appeal. His commitment to securing just compensation for injured workers has established him as a leading workers’ compensation attorney in the region. He has received top ratings from Avvo, an AV Pre-eminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and acclaim from both peers and clients for his exceptional professionalism and service.

Mr. Rutyna graduated magna cum laude from Boston College in 1982 and later earned his Juris Doctor from George Washington University National Law Center in 1985. After interning at the Huntington Beach City Attorney’s office and gaining admission to The State Bar of California in 1986, he served as a Deputy City Attorney for two years. Subsequently, he worked in private practice, initially with a now-defunct workers’ compensation defense firm from 1988 to 1996, handling both workers’ compensation and civil litigation. He then operated his own practice from 1996 to 2005. During this time, he continued to represent the City of Huntington Beach as outside counsel from 1989 to 2003. In 2005, he pursued further education and obtained a Master of Law (LL.M.) in Taxation from Chapman University School of Law in 2007.

Following this, Mr. Rutyna worked as an insurance defense attorney for two prominent insurance carriers, gaining valuable insights into the industry. This experience enables him to construct robust cases on behalf of his plaintiff injury clients.

In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Rutyna currently serves as a judge pro tem with the Long Beach District Office’s Division of Workers’ Compensation and previously volunteered as a judge pro tem in Orange County Municipal Court for traffic and small claims court. He is an active member of the Orange County Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Section and has been involved in several homeowners’ associations. He boasts a Superb rating on Avvo.com for workers’ compensation, an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, and numerous other accolades recognizing his professionalism and service.